Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

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Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Host city Budapest, Hungary
Date(s)20 June – 3 July
Venue(s) Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Swimming pool Sopron, Debrecen, Szeged
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Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held between 20 June and 3 July 2022.

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Schedule

Two competitions were held. [1]

All time are local (UTC+2).

DateTimeRound
20 June 202218:00Preliminary round
21 June 2022
22 June 2022
23 June 2022
24 June 2022
25 June 2022
26 June 202209:00Play-offs/Placement matches
27 June 2022
28 June 202214:00Quarterfinals/Placement matches
29 June 2022
30 June 202209:00Semifinals/Placement matches
1 July 2022
2 July 202213:00Women's finals
3 July 202213:00Men's finals

Qualification

A total of 16 teams qualified for each tournament. [2]

Men

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation——1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics 25 July – 8 August 2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2020 FINA World League 26 June – 1 July 2020 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi 2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)		7–13 March 2022 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2018 Asian Games 16 August – 1 September 2018 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta 2Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
African Selection——1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Oceanian Selection——1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Total16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3]

Women

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation——1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2020 Summer Olympics 24 July – 7 August 2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 4+1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2020 FINA World League 14– 19 June 2020 Flag of Greece.svg Athens 0— [note 1]
2020 European Championship 12–25 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of France.svg  France
2022 Intercontinental Cup
(Americas qualifier)		7–13 March 2022 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2018 Asian Games 16 August – 1 September 2018 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
African Selection——1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Oceanian Selection——1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Wild card [4] ——1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Total16

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3]
China and Japan withdrew before the tournament. [4]

  1. ↑ With the World League finalists already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, those two spots were re-allocated to the Olympics

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1001
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details 		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [5]

Unai Aguirre
Alberto Munarriz
Álvaro Granados
Bernat Sanahuja
Miguel de Toro
Marc Larumbe
Martin Famera
Sergi Cabanas
Roger Tahull
Felipe Perrone (c)
Blai Mallarach
Alejandro Bustos
Eduardo Lorrio

Head coach:
David Lozano

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [6]

Marco Del Lungo (c)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Luca Damonte
Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Andrea Fondelli
Giacomo Canella
Luca Marziali
Gonzalo Echenique
Nicholas Presciutti
Lorenzo Bruni
Edoardo Di Somma
Vincenzo Dolce
Gianmarco Nicosia

Head coach:
Alessandro Campagna

Flag of Greece.svg  Greece [7]

Manos Zerdevas
Dinos Genidounias
Dimitris Skoumpakis
Stathis Kalogeropoulos
Yiannis Fountoulis (c)
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Giorgos Dervisis
Stelios Argyropoulos
Costas Gouvis
Costas Kakaris
Dimitris Nikolaidis
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Panagiotis Tzortzatos

Head coach:
Thodoris Vlachos


Women
details 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States [8]

Ashleigh Johnson
Madeline Musselman
Tara Prentice
Rachel Fattal
Ava Elizabeth Johnson
Margaret Steffens
Stephania Haralabidis
Ryann Neushul
Denise Mammolito
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Bayley Weber
Jordan Raney
Amanda Longann

Head coach:
Adam Krikorian

Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary [9]

Edina Gangl
Dorottya Szilágyi
Vanda Vályi
Gréta Gurisatti
Zsuzsanna Máté
Rebecca Parkes
Geraldine Mahieu
Rita Keszthelyi
Dóra Leimeter
Natasa Rybanska
Kamilla Faragó
Krisztina Garda
Alda Magyari

Head coach:
Attila Biró

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [10]

Laura Aarts
Iris Wolves
Brigitte Sleeking
Sabrina van der Sloot
Lola Moolhuijzen
Simone van de Kraats
Rozanne Voorvelt
Vivian Sevenich
Kitty Joustra
Ilse Koolhaas
Maxine Schaap
Nina ten Broek
Sarah Buis

Head coach:
Evangelos Doudesis

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazil at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colombia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Croatia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kazakhstan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spain at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships</span> Sporting event delegation

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References

  1. ↑ Schedule
  2. ↑ "Fina World Championships 2022 Budapest, Hungary Qualification and Entries of Competitors" (PDF). www.fina.org. FINA . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Press release – FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting". fina.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Spain men's team roster [ dead link ] waterpolo.sportresult.com
  6. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Italy men's team roster [ dead link ] waterpolo.sportresult.com
  7. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Greece men's team roster [ dead link ] waterpolo.sportresult.com
  8. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - USA women's team roster [ dead link ] waterpolo.sportresult.com
  9. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Hungary women's team roster Archived 2022-10-06 at the Wayback Machine waterpolo.sportresult.com
  10. ↑ 19th FINA World Championships 2022 - Budapest - Netherland women's team roster [ dead link ] waterpolo.sportresult.com
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